Grades 3-5 Lessons for Standards not on the continuum.
LESSON Grade: 5th Grade Subject Area: Evaluating Internet Sources Content Standard: 3b Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources Lesson Title: Relevant and Reliable: Finding and Evaluating information on the Internet Time needed: 60 minutes
Short description of the lesson: In pairs, students will be assigned a famous explorer to research. They will have a notecatcher where they are looking for specific information. Using the links provided, some will use an Internet site called AllAboutExplorers.com and some will use an alternate site, such as Enchanted Learning. After they take notes, the pair will compare the information they found. Students will notice that their information is vastly different. This will lead to a discussion about reliability of information on the Internet. They will then make a plan for how they could eliminate fictional information and verify factual information. Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts) allaboutexplorers.com
What hardware and software is needed: Computers with Internet capability.
Student worksheets are included below. Note: On the worksheet, right below where it says "Explorer Treasure Hunt", there are either one, two, or three astericks. The ones that are the easiest for students have one asterick, two are of average difficulty, and three are more challenging. Also, be aware that more detailed lesson plans are available on the allaboutexplorers.com site. For the purposes of this one day lesson, some elements of those lesson plans have been condensed. It is recommended that this lesson be presented early in the year and NOT at the same time as when 5th grade explorer research is being introduced. This is not designed to be a true research lesson, but rather an Internet Evaluation lesson.
LESSON Grade: 4,5 Subject Area: Math Content Standard: Lesson Title: Beyond the Decimal - Dealing with DeweyTime needed: 2-45min classtimes Short description of the lesson:
Discuss place values of numbers to the right side of the decimal point.
Give students examples of numbers with decimals ie: 624.21 and 624.34 and have them give you numbers that would fit in-between (3 or 4 examples will be good)
Have a small talk about the Dewey Decimal System and how the library is signed and model what call numbers would be within the range on one shelf.
Like a shelf may have 595.99 612.32
Ame Cra
Give the students two Dewey numbers and have them locate the shelf the book would be on
Have students look up a non-fiction on Destiny book that they want to read and write down the call number and title
Students should then locate these books on the shelf.
I always end with a talk about every library they will use for the next however mny years are arranged the same exact way
This is a great lesson before a research project.
What hardware and software is needed? Destiny on several computers.Student example: (insert document or link)
LESSON Grade: 5 Subject Area: Social Studies Content Standard:1a Lesson Title: Explorers-Engaging 5th graders to introduce Early Explorers Time needed: one individual trip to the library Short description of the lesson: Students independently come to the library to visit this website, read about their explorer, and take the quiz. Print the quiz results to document the task as completed.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)What hardware and software is needed?
Student example: Below is an example of the quiz. Directions: Click or type the answer to each question. Your answer will be graded immediately and cannot be changed.
1. The main idea of this page is: The French took lots of gold and silver from North America. The French were very bad to the Indians, using them as slaves to catch beaver and other animals The French settled parts of the St. Lawrence River Valley and the Mississippi River Valley from Canada all the way to the Gulf of Mexico
Most of the Frenchmen who came to the New World were missionaries who built fort-like missions to protect themselves.
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LESSON Grade: 5th Grade
Subject Area: Evaluating Internet Sources
Content Standard: 3b Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources
Lesson Title: Relevant and Reliable: Finding and Evaluating information on the Internet
Time needed: 60 minutes
Short description of the lesson: In pairs, students will be assigned a famous explorer to research. They will have a notecatcher where they are looking for specific information. Using the links provided, some will use an Internet site called AllAboutExplorers.com and some will use an alternate site, such as Enchanted Learning. After they take notes, the pair will compare the information they found. Students will notice that their information is vastly different. This will lead to a discussion about reliability of information on the Internet. They will then make a plan for how they could eliminate fictional information and verify factual information.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts) allaboutexplorers.com
What hardware and software is needed: Computers with Internet capability.
Student worksheets are included below. Note: On the worksheet, right below where it says "Explorer Treasure Hunt", there are either one, two, or three astericks. The ones that are the easiest for students have one asterick, two are of average difficulty, and three are more challenging. Also, be aware that more detailed lesson plans are available on the allaboutexplorers.com site. For the purposes of this one day lesson, some elements of those lesson plans have been condensed. It is recommended that this lesson be presented early in the year and NOT at the same time as when 5th grade explorer research is being introduced. This is not designed to be a true research lesson, but rather an Internet Evaluation lesson.
LESSON Grade: 4,5
Subject Area: Math
Content Standard:
Lesson Title: Beyond the Decimal - Dealing with DeweyTime needed: 2-45min classtimes Short description of the lesson:
- Discuss place values of numbers to the right side of the decimal point.
- Give students examples of numbers with decimals ie: 624.21 and 624.34 and have them give you numbers that would fit in-between (3 or 4 examples will be good)
- Have a small talk about the Dewey Decimal System and how the library is signed and model what call numbers would be within the range on one shelf.
- Like a shelf may have 595.99 612.32
- Ame Cra
- Give the students two Dewey numbers and have them locate the shelf the book would be on
- Have students look up a non-fiction on Destiny book that they want to read and write down the call number and title
- Students should then locate these books on the shelf.
- I always end with a talk about every library they will use for the next however mny years are arranged the same exact way
This is a great lesson before a research project.
What hardware and software is needed? Destiny on several computers.Student example: (insert document or link)
LESSON Grade: 5
Subject Area: Social Studies
Content Standard:1a
Lesson Title: Explorers-Engaging 5th graders to introduce Early Explorers
Time needed: one individual trip to the library
Short description of the lesson: Students independently come to the library to visit this website, read about their explorer, and take the quiz. Print the quiz results to document the task as completed.
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)What hardware and software is needed?
Student example: Below is an example of the quiz.
Directions: Click or type the answer to each question. Your answer will be graded immediately and cannot be changed.
1. The main idea of this page is:
The French took lots of gold and silver from North America.
The French were very bad to the Indians, using them as slaves to catch beaver and other animals
The French settled parts of the St. Lawrence River Valley and the Mississippi River Valley from Canada all the way to the Gulf of Mexico
Most of the Frenchmen who came to the New World were missionaries who built fort-like missions to protect themselves.
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